H.R.6393, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, passed in the House of Representatives on November 30.

The legislation deals with a number of intelligence related issues, including Russian propaganda, or what the government calls propaganda.

Section 501 calls for the government to counter “measures by Russia to exert covert influence… carried out in coordination with, or at the behest of, political leaders or the security services of the Russian Federation and the role of the Russian Federation has been hidden or not acknowledged publicly.”

It’s easy to see how this law, if passed by the Senate and signed by the president, could be used against “fake news” websites.

On November 24, The Washington Post published an article citing “experts” who claim Russian propaganda helped Donald Trump get elected.

“Two teams of independent researchers found that the Russians exploited American-made technology platforms to attack U.S. democracy at a particularly vulnerable moment, as an insurgent candidate harnessed a wide range of grievances to claim the White House. The sophistication of the Russian tactics may complicate efforts by Facebook and Google to crack down on “fake news,” as they have vowed to do after widespread complaints about the problem,” the Post reported.

PropOrNot attempts to make the case the websites are either used directly or covertly by the Russians to spread propaganda.

At this point it is unknown if the bill will work its way through the Senate and become law and if it will be used to shut down or curtail websites anonymously characterized as useful idiots or willing participants in disseminating supposed Russian propaganda.

Hmmm, Actually McCarthy was Right on! Heidi. The media denied that the socialist were taking over as said he’d do Khrushchev & the Karl Marx manifesto of the 46 things to tare down a nation as ours. – this manifesto has risen to 56 do’s later!

But, excuse me, I thought the brilliant Judge Bork would of made a great Supreme.

I am at a loss of how to get our elected officials to do the right thing. You know, like understand what the hell is going on in the world instead of acting like babies being fed pablum. You’d think those morons would be able to tell the difference between BS propaganda and pablum. All they have to do is spend some time on the web, listening and watching news that is not controlled by the powers that be, (read – Main stream media)

Exactly! One gets a much more comprehensive and geometrically more accurate report from Pravda than the New York Times, while still presenting the far left slant common to the New York Times! If I were a Progressive I’d certainly begin my research there and use the New York Times only for nuance!

This is so ASININE. So, NOW, we know that enough of Congress is complicit with the MSM fake news agencies in blaming the problem on the REAL sites doing the REAL news reporting so that any word of just how CORRUPT Congress really is will either be effectively suppressed or not reported at all.

Great job Congress, er, I mean Swamp Dwellers. Trump didn’t win because of help from Putin; he won because the shitload of voters who had gotten flat out fed up with your behavior.

Ok, they passed a bill to fight “Russian propaganda”. When are they going to pass a bill to fight American propaganda? The main stream media, along with Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook and Politico, to name a few, are the biggest tools for propaganda on the planet.

Anywhere that tells the truth gets targeted by the government, as “fake news” The old saying that the world is upside down, and black is white and good is bad fits this country perfectly now. Russia has become what we once were. They are the country that is now fighting terrorists and we are the country that is now funding them and training them. This country has now moved on to spying on every country in the world, and on every citizen in this country in the name of “national security” When they feel the people starting to complain about the tightening of controls, the government tells the FBI to “catch” a few terrorists in a manufactured false flag operation, to justify the heightened laws. We invade, bomb, and think we can send agents into sovereign nations at our leisure, and should they complain, we brand them a terrorist state, and overthrow their government, and install a puppet regime to do our bidding. This country has become a modern day Nazi Germany, complete with a petty dictator, who does nothing but golf, and learns all he knows about anything from the TV news. Disgusting.

This “Stinks” In the first place who decides who is putting out “fake” news? Also I didn’t see any mention of the worst offenders; CNN,NBC,etc. This sounds to me like it’s not too far away from, all news must be sanctioned by the government before it can be released.

Owen I’m glad you pointed that out !! The Alphabet News Networks are some of the worst offenders..If the Gov. wanted to do something they would hold the Media accountable for misleading, or lying to the public & make it PUBLIC. The media credibility on future articles would take care of them after that. But it sounds like everything would happen behind closed doors, then decided by Whom ??? Your right something stinks.

I see more fake news coming out of this country than any country in the world. Our lame stream media(I hesitate to actually call them media) — they are more like biased, phony gossip columnists acting like little kids, has not aired the real truth about anything since the early 60s. So the House has voted to suppress news coming out of Russia but my guess is they will just cover-up any real truth coming from this country. You are exactly what the American voters voted against. You haven’t earned your pay in 8 years but hopefully that is about to change.

Yeah, ya know, I don’t know why the Russians would fool around with outdated methods like covert propaganda. Why don’t they step into the 21st century the way BRAZEN HALFBREED did when he sent a envoy to Israel to undermine the Prime Ministers election campaign or the way he got rid of U.S ally Hosni Mubarak in Egypt in favor of his filthy mudslime sisterhood candidate Mohamed Morsi. I won’t even mention the rest of his nation busting & destabilizing criminal activities. They are well known enough. The sodomite is a world renowned criminal and so is HIS congress for presenting this planned backfiring bill to him for his finger prints….

Typically he has to point his finger at someone to blame for the failed policies he orchestrated. He should point his finger at the mirror before which he stands. trump has a massive task ahead and deserves all the help we can muster to help him right the ship of America andnake it great again!

This makes me wonder if they will come up with some lame excuse to use to attack Russia just before Trump gets into office and start a war. The fake news- and the lies they obviously used to pass this bill are disgusting…and they aren’t coming from social media. The Internet is the only place we can go to get real news, even news from foreign nations.